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Date:      Sat, 6 Jun 2009 08:12:22 -0500
From:      Neal Hogan <nealhogan@gmail.com>
To:        Pieter de Goeje <pieter@degoeje.nl>
Cc:        Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: sponsoring ZFS development on FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <ab7b49bc0906060612nef3ab82he59d0067ec1fe084@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <200906061440.27891.pieter@degoeje.nl>
References:  <cf9b1ee00906060108m39ecb44etec1c236fe290ef62@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906061102080.90346@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <ab7b49bc0906060447s4cfdf6bao9681cbe2beb7abb2@mail.gmail.com> <200906061440.27891.pieter@degoeje.nl>

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On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 7:40 AM, Pieter de Goeje <pieter@degoeje.nl> wrote:

> On Saturday 06 June 2009 13:47:57 Neal Hogan wrote:
> > On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 4:04 AM, Wojciech Puchar <
> >
> > wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote:
> > > My question is concerning sponsoring the FreeBSD project and ZFS
> > >
> > >> development in particular. I know I am just a relatively poor person
> > >> so I can't contribute much (maybe on the order of 20-30 euro a month),
> > >
> > > donations@freebsd.org
> > >
> > > and of course you may sponsor it too by improving ZFS code, or maybe -
> > > making some better FS.
> > >
> > >  but I keep seeing FreeBSD core team members keep mentioning "we value
> > >
> > >> donations of all sizes", so what the hell :) Anyways, in the past I
> > >> have directed my donations to The FreeBSD Foundation, if I want to
> > >> ensure that as much of my money as possible goes directly to benefit
> > >> the development of ZFS support on FreeBSD, should I continue donating
> > >
> > > just tell them about it.
> >
> > hahahahaha
>
> I'm not sure why you are laughing, because you _can_ tell the FreeBSD
> Foundation how you would like them to spent your money. If you click on
> "Donate" there's a box where you can enter the project(s) you'd like to see
> funded.
> Although ZFS isn't currently listed as a project, I'm sure there's enough
> interest from the community.


Just to clarify. . .

I'm not laughing at just the response, which was appropriate. I was laughing
at the combination of response and responder.

I'll shut up now.


>
>
> --
> Pieter de Goeje
>
>



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